Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action

Sydney – A remote Pacific nation selling passports to fund climate action has approved just six applicants since early this year, but officials said interest in joining the low-lying, largely barren island... Read more »

Dollar heads for weekly loss on dovish Fed expectations

NEW YORK : The dollar firmed on Friday but was heading for a weekly fall as weakening economic data leads traders to price in the probability of more interest rate cuts this... Read more »

Operation Sindoor: 6 Pakistani Jets Downed, But Islamabad Continues To Deny It – The Evidence That Blows The Lid Off Their Air War Myth | India News

New Delhi: Pakistan insists that it suffered no aircraft losses in the May conflict with India, while New Delhi has presented what it calls irrefutable proof of destruction. The confrontation was part... Read more »

US To Amend Executive Order for Japan Tariffs

In this week’s news roundup we have the latest on the United States’ executive order for Japan tariffs. A ceremony is held in Hiroshima to mark 80 years since the US dropped... Read more »

2 M’sian tourists set on fire in Bangkok, random attack reportedly driven by unemployment stress

M’sian tourists sent to hospital after being set on fire in Bangkok Two Malaysian tourists were doused with paint thinner and set on fire in Bangkok, in a random attack by a... Read more »

ChatGPT Users Find GPT-5 to Be Worse Than Older GPT-4o, Sam Altman Promises Fix

ChatGPT users are not happy with OpenAI’s latest frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5. The new model was released on Thursday as a unification of the GPT-series and o-series. The San Francisco-based... Read more »

Visit Meiji Shrine on New Year’s Day, shop for “lucky bags,” and have lunch in Omotesando – grape Japan

As some of our readers probably know, it’s a tradition in Japan to usher in the New Year by visiting shrines and temples to pray for happiness, health, and prosperity. There are... Read more »

Chief Justice names law graduate who wanted to remain anonymous after plagiarism in exams

SINGAPORE: A law graduate who sought anonymity after being denied admission to the Bar for failing to disclose past plagiarism incidents has been named by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon. The Chief Justice... Read more »

Heavy rain lashes parts of capital city, IMD predicts ‘thunderstorm with rain’ today, over 100 flights delayed

Waterlogging was witnessed in Mathura Road following light rain, as well as Bharat Mandapam’s Gate no. 7 was waterlogged after precipitation in the early hours of Saturday. Heavy rainfall lashed several parts... Read more »

The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person

Hours after the U.S. dropped the world’s most powerful bomb over Nagasaki on Thursday, Aug. 9, 1945, a 17-year-old boy pulled a pencil and a dusty pocket diary from his baggy work... Read more »